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Gairdner was named for his father's late friend, Douglas M. Thornton who had died three years prior to Gairdner's birth.
He immediately involved himself in the Cambridge Missionary Union as well as the Christian Union at the school which steadily evolved and joined with the more international Student Volunteer Movement largely due to Thornton’s influence.
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Douglas M. Thornton (1873–1907) was an English Christian missionary to Cairo, Egypt with the Church Missionary Society from 1898-1907.
James E. Thornton, American computer scientist, winner of the 1994 Eckert–Mauchly Award
Mercantile Bank owner and founder Robert L. Thornton constructed his own penthouse level in the upper floors.
Michael E. Thornton (born 1949), United States Navy SEAL and Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient
Interstate 30 east of downtown (E R. L. Thornton Freeway) and Interstate 35E south of downtown (S R. L. Thornton Freeway) are named for him, as is the headquarters building of the Dallas County Community College District in downtown Dallas.
Samuel W. Thornton, farmer, businessman, soldier, and politician in the Nebraska State Legislature
He participated in several of the bloodiest battles of the war, including the Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Vicksburg, and Battle of Memphis, where he was shot in the thigh and hospitalized until the end of the war.
The music school at the University of Southern California is named in honor of Thornton's widow, Flora L. Thornton, due in part to a $25 million donation she made in 1999.
The parties to the case were U.S. Term Limits, a non-profit advocacy group, and the politician Ray Thornton, among others.
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; Winston Bryant, Attorney General of Arkansas, Petitioner v. Bobbie E. Hill, et al.
Thornton was born in Faison, North Carolina, and is married with two sons to the former Elizabeth Jennifer Fowler of Hertfordshire, England.
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This was the third flight for the Challenger and the first mission with a night launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and a night landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.